• Kingston man wins $350k with lottery ticket

    Kingston man wins $350k with lottery ticket
    TORONTO, ON – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation announced Wednesday that Kingston resident Daniel Barrett recently won $350,000.According to a release from the OLG, Barrett purchased the “super massive multiplier” ticket at Lasalle Express on Highway 15 in the city.
    Barrett, who works in the tourism industry, said in a supplied statement that he usually plays scratch tickets once or twice a month.“I was at the gas station when I saw this ticket and thought, &lsq
  • Kingston to work with Feed the People to secure funding

    Kingston to work with Feed the People to secure funding
    KINGSTON — The city is to work with a homeless support group so that it can access up to $70,000 in municipal funding.Feed the People, which provides meals to about 100 people every day in Belle Park, was among eight organizations to apply for $350,000 in city funding for an one-year pilot project supporting programs for “harm reduction, homelessness, public health, community supports and related service systems.”The funding was meant to help agencies increase their capacity a
  • FOI records reveal how Ontario approved Napanee plant expansion

    FOI records reveal how Ontario approved Napanee plant expansion
    Internal Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) records obtained through Ontario’s Freedom of Information (FOI) process show ministry officials approved the expansion of Atura Power’s Napanee Generating Station despite acoustic modelling that predicted one startup operating scenario would exceed the applicable provincial noise criterion before proposed mitigation measures were implemented.The records provide new insight into the ministry’s technical review
  • New indoor pool makes a splash in Loyalist Township

    New indoor pool makes a splash in Loyalist Township
    Loyalist Township’s new indoor pool at the W.J. Henderson Recreation Centre has only been open since Aug. 8, but is already making a splash as program registrations fill and swimming lessons quickly near capacity.According to mayor Jim Hegadorn, the new pool, which has been named Barr Homes Aquatic Centre , has gained a lot of traction, with 62 per cent of programming already filled up.“Of course the swimming lessons, the programs for that, they are definitely at a premium, and most
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